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Daniel Bryan, the jewel in the crown, loses the fight for the WWE title as the turmoil continues

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In another debilitating blow to the pay-per-view of the WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, Daniel Bryan will not work at the event.

Daniel Bryan will not work at the Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.Credit: WWE.com

After Robbie Fox's Sports stool originally broke the story, PWInsider he confirmed on Tuesday morning that Bryan was out of the program, prompting speculation about how WWE would write his lead star and No. 1 Contender outside the program.

Originally scheduled to face AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, & nbsp; WWE instead started SmackDown Live with an impromptu WWE Championship game where the styles prevailed through the presentation. Both Styles and Bryan were attacked by a Samoa Joe who returned after the game, and Joe will replace Bryan in a WWE Championship game at Crown Jewel on Friday.

Bryan was featured in the Greatest Royal Rumble, WWE's first trip to Saudi Arabia as part of a multi-million dollar deal with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 initiative. At scrutinized similarly In the Jeddah event, Bryan lasted one hour and 16 minutes in the 50-man starting match, breaking Rey Mysterio's Royal Rumble endurance record of all time.

This time, however, the growing moral and political tensions & nbsp; plagued & nbsp; Saudi Arabia may have been too much for the SmackDown star.

Daniel Bryan had joined John Cena as the main stars who did not travel to Saudi Arabia in the midst of political and moral tensions.Credit: WWE.com

In addition to Bryan's apparent departure, WWE was also forced to make changes to its World Cup tournament. "To determine the best in the world." On Monday night on Raw, main star John Cena was replaced by Bobby Lashley.

The elimination of Cena from the series seemed to confirm the reports of the aforementioned Robbie Fox of Sports stool that the 16 times world champion and generational star refused to make the trip.

The apparent stance of Cena is particularly revealing of how polarizing the WWE decision to move forward with Crown Jewel really is.

Cena has spent more than a decade not only as the face of the WWE, but also as an advocate who remains at the forefront and in the center to tirelessly defend the company during similar general scandals, such as the Tragedy benoit. Cena even publicly thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a post-match promotion after its victory over Triple H in the Greatest Royal Rumble.

WWE now had to make significant changes to its world championship games at Crown Jewel after Roman Reigns was forced to leave the Universal Championship to fight leukemia, while Bryan refused to work on the event presumably due to increasing scrutiny surrounding the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. inside the Saudi embassy.

The Crown Jewels saga has taken on a life of its own. Literally. The WWE Wikipedia page for the event has a whole "controversy" section in itself, and with each passing day producing more bad news and criticism related to Crown Jewel, that section could become a link to an independent article full.

Almost everyone is questioning the concept of Crown Jewel, with the exception that WWE loyalists use the faulty argument of the company that brings change to Saudi Arabia.

And it is increasingly clear that Crown Jewel is a bad idea, but a WWE is bound by contract and (more importantly) is financially incentivized to perform.

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In another debilitating blow to the pay-per-view of the WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, Daniel Bryan will not work at the event.

Daniel Bryan will not work at the Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.Credit: WWE.com

After Robbie Fox's Sports stool PWInsider confirmed on Tuesday morning that Bryan was out of the program, prompting speculation about how WWE would write its lead star and No. 1 Contender outside the program.

Originally scheduled to face AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, WWE, on the other hand, started SmackDown Live with an impromptu WWE Championship game where the styles prevailed through the presentation. Both Styles and Bryan were attacked by a Samoa Joe who returned after the game, and Joe will replace Bryan in a WWE Championship game at Crown Jewel on Friday.

Bryan was featured in the Greatest Royal Rumble, WWE's first trip to Saudi Arabia as part of a multi-million dollar deal with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 initiative. In the Jeddah event with similar scrutiny, Bryan lasted one hour and 16 minutes in the 50-man starting match, breaking Rey Mysterio's Royal Rumble endurance record of all time.

This time, however, the mounting moral and political tensions that plague Saudi Arabia may have been too much for the SmackDown star.

Daniel Bryan had joined John Cena as the main stars who did not travel to Saudi Arabia in the midst of political and moral tensions.Credit: WWE.com

In addition to Bryan's seeming departure, WWE was also forced to make changes to its World Cup tournament "to determine the best in the world." On Monday night on Raw, main star John Cena was replaced by Bobby Lashley.

The elimination of Cena from the series seemed to confirm the reports of the aforementioned Robbie Fox of Sports stool that the 16 times world champion and generational star refused to make the trip.

The apparent stance of Cena is particularly revealing of how polarizing the WWE decision to move forward with Crown Jewel really is.

Cena has spent more than a decade not only as the face of WWE, but also as an advocate who remains at the forefront and in the center to tirelessly defend the company during similar common scandals, such as Benoit's tragedy. Cena even publicly thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a post-match promotion after its victory over Triple H in the Greatest Royal Rumble.

WWE now had to make significant changes to its world championship games at Crown Jewel after Roman Reigns was forced to leave the Universal Championship to fight leukemia, while Bryan refused to work on the event presumably due to increasing scrutiny surrounding the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi embassy.

The Crown Jewels saga has taken on a life of its own. Literally. The WWE Wikipedia page for the event has a whole "controversy" section in itself, and with each passing day producing more bad news and criticism related to the Crown Jewel, that section could become a link to a complete independent article.

Almost everyone is questioning the concept of the Crown Jewel, with the exception that WWE loyalists use the company's erroneous argument that brings changes to Saudi Arabia.

And it is increasingly clear that Crown Jewel is a bad idea, but a WWE is bound by contract and (more importantly) is financially incentivized to perform.